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3) Int. Funeral Home — Day.
Ben walks the center aisle between the pews. Many of his friends
sit around him. He pats a back or two as he looks for an empty
seat. As ben looks for a seat, a cute number about Ben's age, Patty
Pomerantz, smiles at him hoping he'll take a seat next to her. Just
then Ben spots his friend, Miles, who shows him he saved him
a seat. Ben smiles back at Patty but joins Miles who shakes his
head at their deceased friend, lying before them. Ben looks at his
friend, tears quickly welling in his eyes.
4) Int. The Fantastic offi ces of the Clothesthatfi t.com
—
Day
A former factory retrofi tted as an enormous bullpen. It's a football
fi eld of cubicles buzzing as a trading fl oor. Some have described it
as organized chaos
—
it's a young company growing at hyperspeed.
The surroundings are not fancy but there's a coolness factor here
that can't be denied. It's a start up that has taken off . Everyone
working here is either young or really young. Cute, fashion-y women and sweatshirt-clad engineers. CAMERA quickly moves past cubicles, ENTERING the very swamped CUSTOMER SERVICE area,
where 25 Young Men and Women wear headsets and chat to their
Customers. As we pass by, we HEAR: “Good news, I found a size
8 in navy!” “You’re right, it should have arrived by now, let me
track that for you.” “Yep, these pants are awesome if you have hips.
Super slimming.” “Yes, we are called ClothesThatFit and I’m very
sorry the dress didn’t fi t... Sir.” We arrive at the last cubicle where
JULES OSTIN is mid-call. Jules has been “leaning in” since preschool
—
hard-wired to be something, to do something. She prides
herself in not wanting to be stereotyped. Her strongest attribute is
her very big brain, which unfortunately for those around her, never
shuts down. Ever.
5) INT CTF OFFICES
—
THE NEXT MORNING — JAY Z PLAYS
OVER VARIOUS ANGLES: Rows of Young Employees at their computers, wearing headsets. Huge fl at screens fl ash images of models.
Young faces
—
everywhere. We’re seeing all these details THROUGH
BEN’S EYES as he TAKES A TOUR of the OFFICES. JASON, tall,
off -beat-cute, mid-twenties leads FOUR NEW INTERNS through the
massive space. The New Interns are: Ben, DORIS, early 70’s, 4’11”,
VICTOR, Black, professorial-looking and a new Young Intern
—
DA-
VIS, in his twenties and thrilled to be here.
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6) Davis sits at a desk, takes out his iPhone, an iPad mini, a fl ash
drive, opens up his computer. Ben fi nds an empty desk, sits at it
and although the atmosphere is foreign, he takes enormous pleasure
in once again, sitting behind a desk. Ben opens his well- worn
briefcase, takes out a new Pen and Pencil set, a small leather-bound
pad, a fl ip phone, a travel clock. LEWIS, a scrawny sleepy-looking
Intern with big hair, sits across from Ben
—
watching him. Ben
takes out his lucky Pocket Calculator, then an Eyeglass Case, then
another eyeglass case. He slips on his bifocals, raises his neck and
looks down at the CTF Screen Saver. Ben stares at the keyboard,
not sure what to do when he becomes aware he’s being watched.
He looks over, sees Lewis eyeing him. Lewis decides to help him
out by showing him to hit the space bar on his key board. BEN
follows, hits his space bar. The computer turns on and a lot of icons
pop up that don’t look familiar. Lewis helps out again by moving
his mouse to the Mail Icon, Clicks. Ben catches on and does the
same.
7. Fill in the gaps with the suitable particles where necessary:
1) I think an internet place is looking ___ senior interns.
2) I hate when they don’t put spaces ___ the words.
3) My daughter tells me they sell clothes ___ the web.
4) The tech stuff might take a bit to fi gure ___.
5) The wedding is ___ three days and the dresses arrived this
morning
—
all ___ charcoal gray.
6) I received an e-mail __ an interview __ the Senior Intern
program.
7) I was __ charge __ overseeing the printing __ the physical
phone book.
8. Paraphrase the following sentences paying special attention to
the words and expressions in bold:
1) My wife’s been gone for three-and-a half years. I miss her
in every way. And retirement
—
that is an ongoing, relentless eff ort
in creativity. At fi rst, I admit, I enjoyed the novelty of it. Sort of
felt like I was playing hooky.
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2) I have a ton of knowledge I can share. Love the idea of
having a place I can go every day. I want the connection, the
excitement, I want to be challenged and I guess I might even want
to be needed.
3)...but I’ll get there. Eager to learn. Also, want you to know,
I’ve been a company man all my life. I’m loyal, I’m trustworthy
and I’m good in a crisis.
4) Really, let me cry ‘cause this is entirely our fault. So, okay,
here’s what we’re going to do. I’m going to call the vendor and
get this fi xed today, I will personally see the dresses myself before
they are Fed Exed and they will be at your front door by 10 a.m.
on Friday.
5) This is the fi rst time we’re hiring Senior interns. Our Team
Manager thought it would be an important interface with the com-
munity so our Intern questions might not exactly fi t your profi le,
but, we’re gonna go for it anyway, okay?
6) I told you I felt we needed to do an outreach program. You
seemed to be liking the idea so I put it in motion. It’s gonna be
great.
7) Then we described the fi t to save you the hassle. We called
it human curation, then we mixed that with technology and four
months later we were launched and now we have 250 people working with us here in Brooklyn and we’re still growing.
9. Translate into English, making use of the vocabulary of this
Episode:
1) Я создала компанию на своей кухне 18 месяцев назад. Нас
было трое
—
я, модель и фотограф — все женщины, и мы при-
меряли все, что продавали.
2) Я создала компанию «Одежда, которая впору», чтобы информировать женщин, подойдет ли им одежда, которую они собираются купить. Покупать одежду по интернету значит не только сделать легким возврат, это значит испытывать радостное
волнение от покупки.
3) У них была вакансия для практиканта обычного возраста
—
без обид, и я ее занял. Я ужасно волнуюсь.
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4) Итак, практиканты, вся компания находится на одном эта-
же и это потому, что главное
—
это общение и работа в команде.
Все работают в офисных кабинках (отсеках), ни у кого нет кабинета, даже у нашего основателя и генерального директора,
Джулз Остин.
5) Было проведено множество исследований, посвященных
найму пенсионеров в качестве практикантов. Представь себе практиканта с огромным опытом работы и сравни его с тем, кто
последние четыре года практиковался в игре в пиво-понг.
6) Я только что принимала звонки от наших клиентов
—
у нас
замечательный отзыв от покупателя из Мичигана, который сказал:
«Открыть Вашу посылку
—
это все равно, что сделать себе по-
дарок». Я подумала, это здорово.
EPISODE 2
1. Comprehension check. While watching the second part of the
lm, try to answer the following questions:
1) Which tips does Becky, the PA, off er to Ben before his meet-
ing with Jules?
2) What does Jules want Ben to do and why?
3) Why does Ben insist on wearing a suit?
4) Whom does Ben help in his new offi ce?
5) What does Becky ask Ben to do for Jules?
6) What kind of conversation does he overhear between Jules
and her second in command, Cameron?
7) What does Cameron mean by Jules Standard Time and why
is he concerned about the way their company is performing at the
moment?
8) What does Jules feel about bringing in a seasoned CEO to
run her start-up?
9) How does Ben try to perk Jules up the following morning?
10) What does Fiona do in the company?
11) Who is looking for an apartment of his own and why?
12) Why does Ben begin to drive Jules?
13) Why is she worried when coming to see a potential CEO?
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14) What does Jules hate about Eric, one of the candidates for
the CEO position in her company?
15) What do we learn about Jules's family?
16) What does Matt, her husband, do?
2. Match the words in Column Awith their de nitions in Column B:
1) supervision A small business that is just being started;
2) To ship The set of systems within a place or organization
that aff ect how well it operates;
3) A ware-
house
4) A start-up A list giving details of all the things in a place;
5) To set up A person or business that buys and sells goods;
6) inventory To organize, or start a business
7) A merchant To send goods or people somewhere by ship;
8) An investor The process of being in charge of a person or group
9) A visionary A big building where large amounts of goods are
10) infrastructure
A person or organization that invests money
of people and checking that they are behaving or
working correctly;
stored;
Someone with clear ideas or hopes of how something
should be done or how things will be in the future;
3. Provide synonyms for the following words:
a drill; to dawdle; to grasp; to stand out; to spot; congeniality;
to run(things); unbeatable; to cover for smb; sustainable; awesome;
4. Provide antonyms for the following words:
to weird out; striking; to swamp; seasoned; thrilling; obese; per-
severance; pedigreed; obsessive; loathsome; passionate;
5. Translate from English. Comment on the contribution of stage
remarks to eshing out the characters of the movie:
1) INT. CTF OFFICES — THE NEXT MORNING Ben sits at
his desk, reading The Times. Everyone around him is crazy-busy.
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The tech-talk is so intense, Ben literally can’t understand a word of
it. Jason passes, speed typing on his phone.
2) A ROW OF VENDING MACHINES Ben is trying to fi gure
out where to put his money in the ecofriendly interactive vending
machine. A Young Guy comes along, taps on the panel, takes out
an apple. GUY It’s free. Ben tries touching the screen. Nothing
happens. Tries again. IN THE AFTERNOON Ben is at his computer, getting familiar with the CTF site. He looks over his bifocals
and sees the ELEVATOR DOORS CLOSING with Jules inside. He
rolls his chair back, looks out the window and sees A DRIVER
standing next to an SUV, stomp out a cigarette. Jules EXITS THE
BUILDING and heads toward the car.
3) INT. OFFICES
—
THE NEXT MORNING Kiko, the one Young
Female Intern, PULLS A HUGE DOLLY stacked with reams of
printer paper down a row of cubicles. She’s delivering the paper to
each desk. Guys in the offi ce scoot past her as she lugs the dolly
forward, Ben arrives to help, pushing the dolly for her.
4) LATER
his e-mail, leans forward
—
BEN TAKES A SEAT IN HIS CUBICLE clicks on
—
shocked. He actually has one. Subject —
NEED YOU! BECKY’S DESK Ben awaits his orders. As always,
Becky is on her headset, overwhelmed, juggling a zillion things.
5) INT. OFFICES Jules makes her way through the offi ce, still
in her sunglasses, carrying her iPad, holding a Starbucks. As she
passes the desk usually piled high with everyone’s crap she stops
short. It is now a cleaned up perfectly empty cube. Those around
her watch her react.
6) Something catches Ben’s attention OUT THE WINDOW. He
moves closer, sees JULES'S DRIVER, tucked in an alley, drinking
from a paper bag then stashing the bottle in his pocket. He seems to
have a slight balance problem when he tries to answer his cell. Ben
turns, LOOKS FOR JULES
—
SEES her slipping on her jacket.
EXT. BUILDING The Driver, MIKE, stands by the SUV, popping
a couple of Chiclets in his mouth. Ben approaches, a bit out of breath.
7) Jules's eyes go up to the skyscraper in front of her, then looks
to Ben, a bit self-conscious. Ben gives her a “go get ‘em” kind of
fi st-move. She acknowledges it, nods.
8) Jules smiles in a very tired kind of way. Ben watches as Jules
climbs the stairs to her front door. The DOOR OPENS and to Ben’s
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surprise Jules's FAMILY GREETS HER. Newly energized, Jules runs
to greet her 4 year old daughter, PAIGE. Paige fl ies into Jules's
arms. Ben watches, a bit struck that Jules is a Mom. He had no
idea. Behind Paige is Jules's husband, MATT, in jeans, t-shirt, open
fl annel shirt. Matt has an adorable smile and an immediate feeling
of authenticity about him. Jules turns back, waves good night to
Ben. Ben waves back.
6. Fill in the gaps with the suitable particles where necessary:
1) I booked her ___ a vendor ___ 4.45.
2) I can get ___ with anybody and I’m here to learn ___ your
world, be ___ help where I can.
3) Looks like you’re stuck ___ me.
4) It’s a brave new world. Thought I’d jump ___, see what it’s
all ____.
5) I could just stop ___ a few times ___ a day, check ___.
6) How long can a woman be mad ___ you __?
7) We can’t keep ___ ____ our own success.
8) You come __ with the ideas and let someone else ___ make
the trains ___ run ___time.
7. Paraphrase the following sentences paying special attention to
the words and expressions in bold:
1) Any tips before I go in? BECKY — Just talk fast, she hates
slow talkers. Or maybe that’s just when I talk slow. Just don’t
dawdle, in any way. Keep it moving and don’t forget to blink.
2) I’ll e-mail you. And don’t think you need to dress up, we’re
super informal here.
3) BEN Okay, so they want to know what customers bought
who didn’t come back
—
so they can spot the problem, if there
is one, right?
4) Why? Could we be doing better? We hit our fi ve
—
year
goal in nine months.
5) Jules, we can’t keep up with our own success. You know
that. You’re an hour late to every meeting. We have a name for it.
Jules Standard Time. And I get it, there’s just so many hours in the
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day. We’re all playing catch-up. Our tech guys are working ‘til two,
three in the morning. Customer Service is swamped. We’re running
out of inventory. We have shipping issues, programming problems.
6) That it’s all going so fast, it can get away from us. The VC’s
think a seasoned CEO will take things off your plate
all
—
free you up to do what you do great. You come up with
—
that’s
the ideas and let someone else make the trains run on time.
7) I’m on cheapapartments.com and I literally can’t afford
a single apartment in all of Brooklyn. (scans the site). My parents
gave me two weeks to fi nd a place and that is just not going to
happen. BEN Getting evicted? DAVIS Hey, I’m in no rush but
apparently they are.
8) I get it. He’s major.
—
He is. And the best thing about him
is he’s been watching us and he loves what we’re doing. But he’s
only one of the names on the list, so if you don’t like him, we
move on. But try to be open. He’s supposed to be kind of bril-
liant.
8. Translate into English, making use of the vocabulary of this Epi-
sode:
1. То, что Вас приписали ко мне, вызвано тем, что я должна
стать примером для остальной команды. Вы бы успешнее работали в отделе маркетинга или развития.
2. Если бы Вы запросили перевод, это можно было бы устроить.
3. Они хотят, чтобы я привела исполнительного директора?
Почему? Потому что они думают, что я слишком неопытна
в управлении бизнесом? Не училась в Гарварде? Мои привычки
в работе отличаются от общепринятых?
4. Этот новый человек будет управлять бизнесом по-своему.
Технически он будет моим боссом. Как я могу делать то, что
я делаю, и быть вынужденной отчитываться перед кем-то, согласовывать каждое начинание с этим человеком?
5. Я подумала, что он снисходящий до всех шовинист-всезнайка, который, кажется, даже не понял, чем мы занимаемся,
и, честно, я думаю, он управлял бы нашей компанией совершенно не естественным образом и растерял бы всех клиентов, за
которых мы бились не за жизнь, а на смерть.
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6. Вы вполне успешно вели свой бизнес — вплоть до последних двух кварталов. Но все хотят долгосрочный, устойчивый
бизнес и на данный момент нам нужен значительный рост. Каков
план, чтобы осуществить это в компании «Одежда впору»?
7. Мы изучали женщин в возрасте до 40 лет, которые спят
меньше 6 часов в день. Кажется, что у них на 36% больше вероятность сильно набрать в весе и на 11% больше вероятность
страдать от ожирения по сравнению с женщинами, которые спят
7 часов за ночь.
9. Prepare a presentation on the situation with small business in
Russia.
Are there many startups emerging in Russia at the moment? What
are the major hurdles and risks? Do you know any startuppers?
EPISODE 3
1. Comprehension check. While watching the third part of the lm,
try to answer the following questions:
1) Why does Ben have to work as a driver the following day?
2) Why does Jules feel ill at ease with Ben waiting for her in
her house?
3) What makes Ben feel disappointed about the plans for the
evening?
4) Which two expressions describe Matt’s current role in the
family? Which one is more politically correct?
5) Why does Jules want to transfer Ben to another team?
6) How do other Moms treat Jules at Paige's school?
7) Why does Lewis, Ben's colleague, look so jittery when thinking about his next assignment?
8) What does Jules suddenly fi nd out about Ben's former place
of work?
9) Why does Ben mention sycamores in front of their building?
10) What does Jules help Ben with at the end of their working
day?
11) What is Ben's favourite quote? Whose quote is it?
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12) Who drives Jules the next morning and what's Jules's reac-
tion?
13) How does Jules try to apologize to Ben? Where does she
move him?
14) What's Becky's reaction?
15) What infl uence does Ben have on Jules?
2. Match the words in Column Awith their de nitions in Column B:
1) To transfer
2) sexism A course of study at a university, or the qualifi cation
3) To reschedule
4) VP A relationship between two things expressed as two
5) headquarters
6) Delivery To change the time when something is planned to happen;
7) To CC The belief that men and women should be treated in
8) ratio The amount that something is worth, measured especial-
9) value The process of bringing goods or letters to a place;
10) A degree Vice President;
3. Provide synonyms for the following words:
The place where a company or organization has its main
offi ce;
that you get after completing the course;
To say in a business letter or email that a copy is sent to
the person mentioned;
numbers or amounts;
To move from one job, offi ce or department to another
in the same company, or organization;
a diff erent way and are suited to diff erent types of jobs
and diff erent positions in society;
ly in money;
to be slammed; fascinating; to yell; observant; to respond; to
swipe; to brown nose; to run across; to transport; to overstep; sayonara; to enlist;
4. Provide antonyms for the following words:
admirable; to freak out; loose; legit; diversion; to inspire; racket;
demented; back-up; frustrating; potential;
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